Patient Care Tech: Vital Signs, Mobility & Comfort

West Tennessee Healthcare; Missouri; On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

West Tennessee Healthcare in Jackson, Tennessee seeks a Nursing Unlicensed Assistant to provide hygienic care and assist with assigned procedures based on age-specific patient needs.

Under supervision, you will take vital signs, assist with admissions, reposition patients every two hours, help with meals, document intake/output, and support transport and charting tasks in a busy hospital unit.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• BLS certification within orientation and kept current.
• Experience is preferred but on-unit training may be provided.

Responsibilities

• Answers call lights by carrying wireless phones or by the console.
• Obtains and records patient vital signs per unit specification.
• Assists with new admissions by taking vital signs, weights, and preparing patient with gown.
• Repositions patients every two hours and assists with turning.
• Ambulates patients in the hall as needed.
• Assists with meals and feeds patients unable to feed themselves.
• Records intake and output accurately.
• Documents in EMR and schedules procedures; notifies licensed personnel.
• Assists with transporting patients and keeps rooms tidy.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

BLS certification

Job description

West Tennessee Healthcare in Jackson, Tennessee seeks a Nursing Unlicensed Assistant to provide hygienic care and assist with assigned procedures based on age-specific patient needs.

Under supervision, you will take vital signs, assist with admissions, reposition patients every two hours, help with meals, document intake/output, and support transport and charting tasks in a busy hospital unit.